Author Archives: Fat Man

Last week I went to see an old friend for the last time. She was a beautiful young spirit who was in her last hours of life. She was unresponsive; and she had what we call the “death rattle”, very … Continued

Mrs. Fat Man and I took two of our daughters to McDonalds for an ice cream cone this evening. Then we drove over to a small lake by our house so we could watch the people there fish and wind … Continued

The Fat Man has spent a good portion of the last ten years getting in touch with just how bad he really is. I am not using “bad” the way people often do today to really mean good, I am talking … Continued

Mrs. Fat Man and I had Friday off together. Our favorite and customary date is to go to garage sales or thrift stores all morning, then have lunch together. We went to a restaurant that we do not usually frequent just to add a little … Continued

To start with, this post is overtly Christian, so if that is an issue to any of you, you might want to stop now. Today the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to legalize gay marriage in all 50 … Continued

In the city where I live we have a “potters field”, that is a term taken from the gospel of Matthew describing the field where Judas Iscariot was buried when he committed suicide. It is where they bury the poor and … Continued

Abbey came to us in the year 2000. The daughters Fat Man were 10, 7, and 4 years old. She was a Sheltie mix, but was not an annoying yapper like so many of that breed are. She always wanted … Continued

There is so many bad things going on around us, it seems like the world has been turned upside down. ISIS is cutting off heads left and right, thugs are burning peoples businesses, police are shooting men in the back who are trying to run … Continued